Recommendation for cpen

Hello, All

I am currently trying to update my YEO cpen. the blade is a little too hard for my liking. But it's a great attacking blade. I am trying to find something with a softer outer ply and harder core, maybe with carbon layers.

The new blade should be able to emphasis on looping more than powerful smashes, and have better short games yet still have gears(just enough power) in mid-distance. I have tried plenty of carbon blades including regular carbon, arylate carbon, glass-fiber carbon, they are a little too bouncy for my short game.

Right now, i am thinking about NExy Arirang cpen, but if someone have some better recommendations, please share some thoughts.


Thank you.

I switched from the YEO to the Ma Lin Carbon.  It is softer, less bouncy, more controlled than the YEO but still very much offensive.  Blocking is also easier thanks to the backbone and larger sweet spot the carbon layers supply, and although the dwell takes getting used to for the short game and backhand coming from the YEO, once adjusted it works beautifully.  I highly recommend it (I also have one for sale in cpen).

You may take a try of Stiga sense 7.6.

You may end up going back to YEO.  I did.  

Too many choices out there...  it really depends on your level & preference to vibration, hardness, & weight....below are my choices from my experiences that can play well off the table as well as near & offers excellent hand feel without too much vibrations

Edited by PingPongHolic10 - 08/13/2014 at 8:40am

thank you all for the input! i will look into those recommendations thoroughly. thank you!

shaolinTT wrote: You may end up going back to YEO.  I did.   Why not try a different rubber instead.

I am keeping my yep for third-ball attack games, i have softer rubbers, still lacks some "touch" for short games and loops...

I tried carbo 7.6 loved the feeling! soft touch in table, and tons of kicks away from talbe, problem is its hard to find lighter weight with that series, sense 7.6 is pretty much identical to carbo 7.6?

Sense 7.6 is improved version of carbon 7.6 with better control and feel.
You can ask the seller to pick a particular weight for you. I assume that
you would need one for 84-86 g:

http://tabletennisequipment.dandoy-sports.com/en/index.php?cName=blades-penholder

There is also the BTY Taksim which is the cpen version of the viscaria, and the T5000 CS which is the cpen version of the TBS. There is also the ALC in cpen. I have not played with these blades personally. You will have to try to find them used as I am not sure they are still produced. 

Edited by V-Griper - 08/13/2014 at 9:09pm

bns7117 wrote:  where can I get yinhe VF5? it looks intriguing.

If you find YEO too hard go to the best 5-plies blade available: Hurricane Hao. 

stefashka wrote: bns7117 wrote:  where can I get yinhe VF5? it looks intriguing. I bought one from Eacheng. Not bad, but NE 50 which I bought together with VF 50 provides better feel and control. To the OP:  YEO is one of the best PH blades, especially when it comes to the short game and playing offensively close to table, it's very nicely balanced in terms of smashing and looping, so it would be quite a problem to find a replacement if you like both aspects. If you look for a more "looping" blade and want to move to mid-distance, Stiga Rosewood/ Yinhe NR50 would be the closest answer. Nexy Peterpan is also very good in looping/blocking/short game, it just doesn't smash reliably.

Yeah, YEO does have a nice balance between smashing and looping, its like 60/40 ratio. I just tried peter pan, it is indeed very good in looping/blocking/short games.

bns7117 wrote: TT newbie wrote: If you find YEO too hard go to the best 5-plies blade available: Hurricane Hao.  There´s no mistake. Hurricane Hao II looks really nice, but the reviews say it lacks speed, however it seems to excel in looping.

Contrary to popular belief, Taksim is not the equivalent of Viscaria.  Owing to their similar handle design, it is easy to mix up the two as having the same construction when the Taksim is in fact a 7.0mm blade made up of ayous/ALC/ayous/kiri/-/-/- whereas the Viscaria is a 5.8mm blade of koto/ALC/ayous/kiri(not the perpetually erroneous balsa)/-/-/-.

I'd suggest the Wang Hao blade as well, if you are looking at the commercial version, be sure to get the all wood HH 656, the HH 3 that has one layer of carbon fiber layer is not recommended.